 | Level: Introductory Matt Chapman (mchapman@uk.ibm.com), Developer, IBM
Helen Hawkins (hawkinsh@uk.ibm.com), Software Engineer, IBM
Sian January (sjanuary@uk.ibm.com), Software Engineer, IBM
15 Feb 2005 The Visualiser plug-in from Eclipse.org is a universal tool for visualising any type of resource. This tutorial, written by the creators of the Visualiser, takes you step by step through the process of extending the tool to visualise a new type of resource -- the results returned by the Google Internet search engine. It then shows you some of the other ways in which the Visualiser has already been put to good use.
Prerequisites
System requirements
To complete the steps in this tutorial you need this software installed:
- The Eclipse SDK version 3.0 or later. We recommend installing the latest stable release, which you can download from http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/index.php. Note that you need the full SDK version, which includes the Java™ Development Tools.
- The Visualiser plug-in. You can download it as a stand-alone plug-in in the form of a zip file from http://www.eclipse.org/ajdt/visualiser/ and unzip it into your Eclipse installation directory. (If you've already installed the AspectJ Development Tools (AJDT), which includes the Visualiser, you need not download and install the Visualiser separately.)
To build and run the Visualiser provider for Google that you'll develop in this tutorial, you also need to:
Duration
Under two hours
Formats html, pdf
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